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daunt

to make someone feel intimidated or discouraged

decorum

appropriate behavior or conduct

default

a failure to fulfill an obligation, especially a financial one

deference

respectful submission or obedience

delineate

to describe or portray something accurately

denigrate

to criticize someone or something harshly

deride

to mock or ridicule

derivative

copied from or based on something else

desiccate

to dry thoroughly

desultory

lacking a plan or purpose; aimless

deterrent

something that discourages or prevents an action

diatribe

a long, angry speech criticizing someone or something

dichotomy

a division into two opposing parts or groups

diffidence

shyness or lack of confidence

diffuse

spread out or scattered

digression

a temporary departure from the main subject

dirge

a mournful or funeral song

disabuse

to free someone from a false belief or misconception

discerning

having or showing good judgment

discordant

not harmonious or in agreement

discredit

to damage someone's reputation

discrepancy

a difference or inconsistency

discrete

separate and distinct

disingenuous

not sincere; hypocritical

disinterested

not having a personal interest in something

disjointed

lacking order or coherence

dismiss

to send someone away or put something aside

disparage

to speak or write about someone or something in a disrespectful way

disparate

very different; dissimilar

dissemble

to conceal one's true feelings or intentions

disseminate

to spread information widely

dissolution

the breaking up or dissolving of something

dissonance

a lack of harmony or agreement

distend

to swell or become inflated

distill

to extract the essential part of something

diverge

to move or go in different directions

divest

to take away or remove something

document

a written or printed record

dogmatic

asserting opinions in a rigid and inflexible way

dormant

inactive or sleeping

dupe

to deceive or trick someone

ebullient

lively and bubbly

eclectic

deriving ideas from a wide range of sources

efficacy

the power to produce a desired effect

effrontery

impudence; boldness

elegy

a poem or song expressing mourning

elicit

to draw forth or bring out

embellish

to decorate or adorn

empirical

based on observation or experiment

emulate

to imitate

endemic

native to or characteristic of a particular place or people

enervate

to weaken or drain of energy

engender

to cause or give rise to

enhance

to intensify or improve

ephemeral

lasting for a very short time

equanimity

calmness and composure

equivocate

to speak or write in a way that is intentionally ambiguous

erudite

having or showing great knowledge or learning

esoteric

understood by only a few people

eulogy

a speech or piece of writing praising someone who has died

euphemism

a mild or indirect word or phrase used instead of a harsh or blunt one

exacerbate

to make something worse

exculpate

to clear someone from blame or guilt

exigency

a pressing need or demand

extrapolation

the process of estimating something unknown from something know